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Dust Storm Warning for Grant, NM; Hidalgo, NM

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The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... Southern Grant County in southwestern New Mexico... Central Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico... * Until 730 PM MDT. * At 648 PM MDT, a dust channel was near Lordsburg, moving southwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter...

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Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!

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The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... Southern Grant County in southwestern New Mexico... Central Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico... * Until 730 PM MDT. * At 648 PM MDT, a dust channel was near Lordsburg, moving southwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with strong wind in excess of 50 mph. SOURCE...Doppler radar. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 9 and 44. Locations impacted include... Lordsburg, Separ, Lordsburg Playa, Pyramid Mountains, and Shakespeare.

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    Dust Storm Warning issued August 5 at 6:48PM MDT until August 5 at 7:30PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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